About Me

Hey there — I’m Jody Bailey.

I’m a DevOps Cloud Consultant at Amazon Web Services, working in the Federal Civilian space. My work centers around helping organizations design, secure, and scale complex cloud-native platforms. I live in the world of Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, and automation — but I’m equally at home troubleshooting gnarly networking issues, building migration strategies, or squeezing every drop of performance out of a system.

Why Zero to Root?
The name comes from my passion for taking ideas from nothing (zero) all the way to production-ready (root). Whether I’m building infrastructure for a high‑security environment, designing DevSecOps workflows, or hacking together a tool in my homelab, I love seeing projects come to life.

What you’ll find here:

• Real‑world DevOps, Kubernetes, and AWS guides
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code patterns that actually work in production
• Security‑focused engineering tips
• Homelab experiments (sometimes successful, sometimes hilariously not)
• Lessons learned from the field — both technical and strategic

A little about me beyond the terminal:
I’m based in Virginia, where I live with my wife, two kids, two dogs, and a dozen mischievous chickens. Outside of work, you’ll find me gaming with my kids, boating, or tinkering with new homelab builds just because I can.

Why I write:
There’s a lot of noise in tech. I started Zero to Root to share what’s worked for me, document solutions I’ve had to figure out the hard way, and hopefully save you from a few late nights in the process. If you’re looking for clickbait or copy‑paste tutorials, you probably won’t find them here. But if you want straight‑talking, field‑tested knowledge, you’re in the right place.

Thanks for stopping by — and if something you read here helps you, let me know.
We’re all building, breaking, and learning together.